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Dennis Thompson Dies: MC5 Drummer And Last Surviving Original Was 75
The last surviving member of Detroit's legendary MC5, drummer Dennis Thompson, has died at 75.
MC5 drummer Dennis Thompson, the last surviving original member of the influential group, died Thursday morning at MediLodge of Taylor, where he had been rehabilitating following a heart attack in April. After a public dispute with Detroit department store Hudson’s, which refused to stock the record, Elektra dropped the MC5, even though its album charted, and they signed with Atlantic. Thompson remained with the MC5 through the group’s time as Grande Ballroom house band, its live debut album, Kick Out the Jams, and a notorious performance outside Chicago’s Democratic National Convention in 1968.
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